st: Re: Autocorrelation in unbalanced panels

["Christer Thrane" <ch-thran@online.no>]

Hi,

I think -xtgee- alows you test different correlation structures between the 
panels and/or using robust standard errors, irrespective of whether the 
panels are balanced or not.

HTH,

Christer

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Andres" <andres@uni-bonn.de>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 12:00 PM
Subject: st: Autocorrelation in unbalanced panels



> Dear all,
>
> I tested for autocorrelation in a panel dataset using xtserial as
> described in http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/stat/panel.html. The
> results indicate that the null of no serial correlation can be rejected.
> As a consequence, I would like to estimate the model using the option
> panels(correlated) in order to get consistent standard errors. However,
> it seems like I can only use the option with a balanced panel!
> How can I apply it to an unbalanced panel? As far as I understand
> Wooldridge, the GLS transformation that eliminates serial correlation in
> the errors can be extended to unbalanced panels!?!
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Christian
>
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